Blood and Roses
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Roger Vadim
Mel Ferrer
Elsa Martinelli
Annette Vadim
Jacques-rené Chauffard
Marc Allégret
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At an old country villa near modern Rome, the aristocratic Leopoldo De Karnstein makes final preparations for a masked ball celebrating his approaching marriage to Georgia Monteverdi. Also present is Leopoldo's cousin Carmilla, who is fascinated by the legend that their ancestors were vampires, one of whom, Millarca, was never destroyed. Carmilla is secretly in love with Leopoldo and bitterly resents his marrying the beautiful Georgia. On the evening of the ball, Carmilla appears wearing Millarca's dress, a flowing white gown that she has taken from the family museum. Later that night, while wandering about the estate, Carmilla stumbles upon the crypt where Millarca was entombed and becomes possessed by the evil spirit of her ancestor. A few days later, the dead body of a servant girl, Lisa, is found, with the marks of the vampire on her neck. Subsequently, Carmilla goes to Georgia's bedroom, where at that moment Georgia is having a nightmare. Leopoldo is wakened by terrified screams, rushes into Georgia's room, and finds her in a coma with marks on her neck. Carmilla flees to Millarca's grave just as the police are preparing to detonate some abandoned German mines dating from World War II. The force of the explosion hurls Carmilla against a fence, and a wooden stake pierces her heart. Weeks later, Leopoldo and Georgia leave on their honeymoon, unaware that the spirit of Millarca travels with them.
Director
Roger Vadim
Cast
Mel Ferrer
Elsa Martinelli
Annette Vadim
Jacques-rené Chauffard
Marc Allégret
Alberto Bonucci
Serge Marquand
Gabriella Farinon
Renato Speziali
Edith Peters
Gianni Di Benedetto
Camilla Stroyberg
Nathalie Leforet
Crew
Jean André
Robert Biart
Claude Brulé
Julien Coutellier
Raymond Eger
Marcel Escoffier
Amato Garbini
Robert Guisgand
Claude Martin
Victoria Mercanton
Jacques Poitrenaud
Jean Prodromidès
Claude Renoir
Roger Vadim
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland
Peter Viertel
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed at Hadrian's Villa in Italy. Opened in Paris in September 1960 as ... Et mourir de plaisir; running time: 80-90 min; in Rome in January 1961 as Il sangue e la rosa; running time: 100 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video September 9, 1992
Released in United States Summer September 2, 1961
Technirama
Released in United States Summer September 2, 1961
Released in United States on Video September 9, 1992
